Your Secret is Safe - D Kim

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From observing the way technology influences many aspects of our lives and even more so when it comes to the social factors such as communication and networking, our trust and reliability on these media rivals even human relationships. Such technology becomes an agent that connects us and we become more and more reluctant than ever to return to the power of human interactions.

This anonymity, this assumed notion that the technology themselves lack any sense of identity turns them into perfect outlet for our emotional expressions and our unrelenting trust - do we ever doubt our schedule alarm on our phones? Do we hesitate to record personal notes and messages on our computer thinking it will give it away?

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For my very first android app project, the concept explores reliability on technology following the simple app that supposedly ‘safe-keeps’ our secrets as we inputs them into our phone, which then stores the file in a .txt format on the phone memory storage or the SD card (optional). It speaks in two ways:

1. The app itself becomes a substitute for a human listener and commentates on the uncomfortable truth specific to our contemporary society that a conversation need not flow both ways. By simply establishing a listener, be it human or machine that is willing to ‘listen’ we are comforted by becoming the speaker without requiring feedbacks or opinions. An example that nurtures this idea is the social media, where self-expression outshines the need for self-reflection.
2. The app attempts to de-mystify our unrelenting trust in technology. The technology itself is not an entity but an extension of our capabilities thus it can be easily be exploited by humans (ex. hackers, third party website companies, computer virus). The notion that the app listens and values your secret speaks to the illusion of pseudo-communication that becomes the foundation of many of our bonds that we create through social media, which are then recorded and stored by the websites to remain in the digital world.

Information is priceless - be careful where you entrust it, be it human or machine.